Grimmas Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 http://placetobenation.com/makin-a-case-for-jumbo-tsuruta-as-the-greatest-wrestler-ever/ Parv, from Where the Big Boys Play podcast, is here to make his case for Jumbo Tsuruta as the greatest wrestler ever. Parv gives his main argument for Jumbo, looks at his criticisms and compares him to Mitsuharu Misawa and Ric Flair. Parv also let’s you know what the essential viewing of Jumbo is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Listening through and I would throw up Jumbo's match vs. Mil in 1982 as him carrying a subpar worker. Also, Dick Slator is someone I would classify as serviceable but the Carny 80 match is by far my favorite match of his that I have been in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 I didn't think that Mil match was particularly memorable Chad. I've seen Mil have much better matches with The Destroyer and Harley Race (see 9/12/80) and even though I wasn't crazy on it, thought the Tenryu match where he bleeds from the mask stood out more than Jumbo's 82 match with him. Even though he's annoying and selfish, it seems weird calling Mil "subpar" when so much of what makes him suck is his refusal to give. I get the impression he could be having better matches but chooses not to. Slater I probably see as being much better than "serviceable" and think he was probably a top 30 level work in the late 70s and early 80s. But you're right, off-hand I can't think of a better singles match from him. In a tag he has this: Terry Funk and Dick Slater vs. Jumbo Tsuruta and Tiger Toguchi (4/12/80) I gave that 4.5 To my thinking, Slater is on par with guys like Bob Orton Jr, and Adrian Adonis, who to me feel like they should be top 100 level workers but we have severe footage gaps which hampers making a serious case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 I disagree on Adonis. We have enough prime Adonis from Portland, Japan, WWF, AWA to accurately evaluate his career for good or bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Based on all the stuff I've seen of his, Adonis is a guy who'll probably make my hundred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 The 1977 match is *the* Mil vs Jumbo match. It's also far from a carry job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 I still need to see that one, don't exactly go out of my way to watch Mil matches. I might do a "Jumbo: odds and ends" thread soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstar Sleeze Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Parv calling Steven "naughty" during this podcast was a total mark out moment. Easily a contender of 2015 PTBN-PWO podcast moment of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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